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Home sales were up 6% in June with 1,327 homes sold compared to 1,247 last year.

The month closed with $188 million in revenue up 17% from $161 million in June 2011.

Average home sales prices were up 10% to $142,341.

2nd Quarter figures are showing major improvements from last year with sales up 11% and average sales prices up 9%.

Year-to-date home sales are up 15% from the same period last year and average sales prices are up 2% to $120,262.

Over 50% of zip codes in the county are seeing year over year increases in average sales prices including:

38017-Collierville up 4%

38103-Downtown up 20%

38104-Midtown, up 4%

38111-University up 23%

38118-Oakhaven/Pkwy Village up 8%

38119-Quince/Ridgeway up 14%

38120-River Oaks up 25%

38133-Bartlett/Brunswick up 7%

Bank sales accounted for 27% of total home sales in June with 352 recorded, up 12% from last year. Year-to-date bank sales are up 13%.

53% of home sales were valued under $100,000.

Sales over $1,000,000 were up significantly with 11 recorded for the month compared to 1 last June.

Collierville (38017) had the most home sales for the month and the most revenue with 102 sales totaling $29.4 million.

New home sales were down 25% from last June with 63 recorded compared to 84 last year. New home sales prices were up 12% to $255,464.

Year-to-date new home sales are down 3% from the same period in 2011 and average new home sales prices are up 9%.

Foreclosures were down 9% from last June with 303 recorded. The average amount of a foreclosure was unchanged at $81,000 and the average tax appraisal value of a foreclosed home was up 11% to $119,000.

Foreclosure starts were down 23% from last year with 638 notices filed compared to 825 in June 2011.

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Total sales revenue for the month was $171 million up 30% from $132 million in May 2011.

Average sales prices were up 4% from last year to $123,975.

Year to date home sales prices are up 17% from last year and average sales prices are holding steady at $115,140.

Over 50% of zip codes in the county are seeing year over year increases in average sales prices including:

38017-Collierville up 4%

38028-Eads up 20%

38103-Downtown up 17%

38104-Midtown, up 6%

38111-University up 23%

38118-Oakhaven/Pkwy Village up 13%

38119-Quince/Ridgeway up 18%

38120-River Oaks up 4%

38133-Bartlett/Brunswick up 5%

38134-Bartlett up 3%

38135-Bartlett/Ellendale, up 4%

Bank sales accounted for 27% of total home sales in May with 368 recorded, up 15% from last year.

57% of home sales were valued under $100,000.

Sales over $500,000 were up 23% with 26 recorded compared to 21 in May 2011. There were 4 home sales over $1 million, the same as last May.

Cordova-North (38016) had the most homes sales with 91 recorded totaling $11.4 million. 34% of those sales were bank sales.

Collierville (38017) had the most home sales revenue with $24.5 million across 86 sales. Compared to last May, Collierville had an increase of 39% in total sales and an increase of 9% in their average sales prices ($284,819).

New home sales were up 6% from last May with 51 recorded averaging $237,513.

Year to date new home sales are up 2% from the same period in 2011 and average new home sales prices are up 8%.

Foreclosures were up 22% from last May with 399 recorded. The average amount of a foreclosure was down 13% to $77,115 and the average tax appraisal value of a foreclosed home was down 15% to $105,387.

Foreclosure starts were up 8% from last year with 716 notices filed compared to 663 in May 2011.

Arlington (38002), Millington (38053) and Downtown (38103) all had large increases in their foreclosure notice activity.

There were 1,116 home sales recorded in April up 2% from last year. Residential sales are up 14% for the first four months of this year compared to the same period last year.

Total sales revenue for the month was $137 million up 16% from $118 million in April 2011.

Average sales prices were up 14% from last year and up 5% from March to $122,572. Year to date average home sales prices are down slightly by 1% while overall sales totals are up 14%.

50% of zip codes in the county are seeing year over year increases in average sales prices including:

38017-Collierville up 2%

38018-Cordova South up 7%

38103-Downtown up 24%

38111-University up 38%

38118-Oakhaven/Pkwy Village up 10%

38119-Quince/Ridgeway up 24%

38120-River Oaks up 11%

38134-Bartlett up 5%

Bank sales accounted for 29% of total home sales in April with 328 recorded, down 7% from last year.

57% of home sales were valued under $100,000.

There were 3 sales over $1 million compared to zero last April. The high-end home sales closed in 38117, 38119 and 38120.

Arlington (38002) had the most homes sales with 69 totaling $13.6 million.

Collierville (38017) had the most revenue with $18.3 million across 66 sales.

New home sales were up 9% from April 2011 and up 2% from March 2012 with 62 recorded averaging $249,905. Year to date new home sales are up 1% from the same period in 2011 and average new home sales prices are up 9%. New housing continues to see positive momentum with an increase in sales activity and the number of permits filed.

Foreclosures were up 2% from last April with 393 recorded for the month. The average amount of a foreclosure was down 7% to $87,780 and the average tax appraisal value of a foreclosed home was down 6% to $119,342.

Foreclosure notices were down 24% from last year with 658 filed compared to 863 in April 2011. Only 5 zip codes saw an increase in foreclosure starts.

Topics of discussion include Shelby County residential and commercial sales, mortgages, foreclosures and new housing inventory.

The event is slated for Thursday from 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. at The Great Hall of Germantown’s Media Room, 1900 S. Germantown Road, behind City Hall next to the tennis courts.

The keynote presentation will be from John Gemmill, director of the Memphis field office of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Gemmill, who will update the crowd on HUD housing, mortgage activity, foreclosures and rentals, said HUD’s portfolio of foreclosures are drifting downward, a trend he attributes to underwriting standards going up.

“Most foreclosures happen fairly close to the origin of the loan, and the things that we’ve been doing over the last few years are holding up pretty well, so our REO (real estate-owned) portfolio is way down from what it used to be,” Gemmill said. “We used to have more than the banks privately held, and now we’re kind of more of a minor player, which is I guess good news.”

One piece he plans to expand on is the recent $25 billion U.S. Attorney General settlement and how that impacts the state.

“The settlement is a big deal and we hope it might be turning the tide on some of the foreclosure prevention efforts,” Gemmill said. “The state got $141 million that they’re putting into mostly going into the Tennessee HUD agency, a lot of which is going to go to housing counseling and foreclosure prevention.”

Gemmill will also touch on the multifamily situation in HUD’s portfolio, and also with Memphis Mayor A C Wharton Jr.’s efforts around blight reduction.

“We’re looking particularly at the kind of partnerships that exist between multifamily operators – management companies and owners and social service providers,” Gemmill said. “That’s something that we’re kind of ramping up; one of the key goals of HUD is to try to promote efforts that use our multifamily housing as a platform for improving tenant’s quality of life.”

Following Gemmill’s presentation will be a panel discussion with Joe Spake of inCity Realty and David Umsted, vice president of Merchants and Planters Bank Home Loans.

Spake said a hot topic for his business right now is the impact of syndicated websites like Zillow and Trulia on consumer confidence. Pricing on Trulia, for instance, only reflects one tax rather than including both county and city taxes, which can skew out-of-town homebuyers’ perception of pricing.

“The information that the consumer is getting and something that comes out of a computer in Seattle versus something that comes out of an agent in Memphis,” Spake said.

It all goes back to Spake’s mantra that all real estate is micro-local.

“Consult a professional who knows your community,” Spake said. “The people that are on the ground doing it in the community for me are the people with the credibility.”

Trends Spake is seeing right now are that people aren’t moving unless they have to, such as for a job relocation. In short, if sellers have to bring money to the closing table, they’re staying put.

“When the inventory was high, lots of houses were selling, so there’s lots of people that bought into the bubble,” Spake said. “Now, even though they might have a great house, it’s not worth what they paid for it.”

The cost to attend the seminar is $10 for Chandler Reports subscribers and $15 for non-subscribers. Cost includes a copy of the presentation and first quarter market trend reports.

Anyone interested in attending can contact Wendy Greenlaw, Chandler Reports business development manager, at 528-5273 or wendy@chandlerreports.com.

March home sales were up 18% with 1,264 recorded for the month compared to 1,067 in March 2011.

Year to date home sales are up 20% from last year! We ended the quarter with 3,179 sales compared to 2,657 sales in the first quarter of last year.

Total sales revenue in March was up 14% from March 2011 with $147 million total for the month compared to $129 million.

Average home sales prices in March were down by 4% to $116,399 but were up significantly from February’s average price of $97,704.

Many areas in the county are seeing an increase in average sales prices from 2011 including:

Collierville (38017)

Cordova South (38018)

Downtown (38103)

University (38111)

Oakhaven/Parkway Village (38118)

River Oaks (38120)

Bartlett (38133 and 38134)

And several others!

Bank sales accounted for 28% of total home sales in March with 353 recorded, up 10% from 320 last year.

Collierville (38017) had the most homes sales in March and the most revenue with $26.6 million across 94 sales accounting for 21% of the total revenue for the county.

New home sales were down 16% with 56 recorded for the month, up 44% from February. The average price for a new home sale was $273,468 up 16% from March 2011.

Foreclosure activity was up 7% from last year with 398 recorded for the month compared to 373 last March. The average amount of a foreclosure was down slightly by 1% to $85,441 and the average tax appraisal value of a foreclosed home was down 1% to $122,519.

Foreclosure notices were down 33% from last year with 709 filed compared to 1,056. Every zip code but 4 saw a reduction in foreclosure starts.

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